Spean Bridge

Spean Bridge
Commando Memorial
Spean Bridge is located in Highland
Spean Bridge
Spean Bridge
Location within the Highland council area
Population550 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNN 22541 82045
• Edinburgh93 mi (150 km)
• London419 mi (674 km)
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSPEAN BRIDGE
Postcode districtPH34
Dialling code01397
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°53′45″N 4°54′54″W / 56.895695°N 4.9151340°W / 56.895695; -4.9151340

Spean Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid an Aonachain) is a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland region of Scotland.

The village takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's military road between Fort William and Fort Augustus, and not from Thomas Telford's bridge of 1819 which carries the A82 over the river at the heart of the village.

The Highbridge Skirmish on 16 August 1745 was the first engagement of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

The Commando Memorial, dedicated to the men of the original British Commandos raised during Second World War, is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Spean Bridge, at the junction of the A82 and the B8004. It overlooks the training areas of the Commando Basic Training Centre established in March 1942 at Achnacarry Castle.[2]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "The Commando Basic Training Centre at Achnacarry". 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.